When did you stop being the family cook?

[Anonymous]

When the kids go to college?

[Anonymous]

Not in my experience, kids out of college and I am still the cook. If you give up cooking you give up what you get to eat and I cook much healthier then anyone else in the house.

[Anonymous]

I don’t see that ever happening unless my DH discovers a love for cooking in his retirement.

[Anonymous]

Immediately! There’s four of us in the family. My teens have been cooking forever so there’s nothing they can’t make. We all rotate on the cooking and cleaning, so I cook twice a week which makes it more do-able.

[Anonymous]

i’m never. I cook way better than anyone in my house. Not interested in eating crap food. I don’t need someone to cook for me. it’s not difficult.

[Anonymous]

Back from college for visits meant adult children were caring for themselves. Out to eat out of their budget or grocery shopping for themselves. If they did grocery shopping, I told them to safe the receipt and I would reimburse them. I did not cook for them. I mean, if I was making a sandwich and they were nearby I would ask if they would like one. That was the extent of it.

Since DH retired, I am not in charge of "us".

[Anonymous]

I enjoy cooking 80% of the time, so, I don't plan to?

[Anonymous]

If DH is sitting down to eat and I am nearby, I sit down to be with him. And he with me. Otherwise we often eat different things and at different times. We each fix for ourselves.

[Anonymous]

^ often all I want for dinner is a cup of yogurt and I find it so joyful not to be the Family Cook.

[Anonymous]

I never started. DH is the cook. He loves to cook while I hate it. I make dinner one day a week and always tell him to let me know if he wants me to do a second night.

[Anonymous]

My plan is the day my kid goes to college. I may still cook food from time to time, but I hate the expectation is that I plan, prep, and cook a meal every night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My plan is the day my kid goes to college. I may still cook food from time to time, but I hate the expectation is that I plan, prep, and cook a meal every night.

That’s how I feel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My plan is the day my kid goes to college. I may still cook food from time to time, but I hate the expectation is that I plan, prep, and cook a meal every night.

Same. And a meal I don’t want to eat, at that!

[Anonymous]

Never! I enjoy it and miss cooking when we are on vacation or visiting family. I guess I am lucky I like it!